[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 36.19 # 佛祖統紀 36.19 佛祖統紀 36.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [36.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.36.19) 永嘉四年。西竺沙門佛圖澄至洛陽。時石勒屯兵葛陂。沙門多遇害。召澄試術。呪鉢水生青蓮華。由是神敬。及與劉曜戰以訪澄。澄曰。塔鈴音云。秀支替戾剛僕谷禿劬當。秀支軍也。替戾剛出也。僕谷劉曜胡位也。禿劬當捉也。此皆羯語。言軍出捉得劉曜也（劉曜號前趙。僭稱帝於長安。秀支替戾剛等。北俗胡語也。羯居謁反。北狄皆犬羊之種故謂羯。羯羖羊也。佛圖澄梵語四果聖人也）又取麻油燕脂塗掌。以示童子。見一人乘馬朱絲縛肋。澄曰。此劉曜也。遂出戰。果生禽曜。勒遂即王位。國號趙。勒愛子斌暴卒。歎曰。吾聞扁鵲起號太子。乃令告。澄取楊枝呪水洒之遂蘇。勒殂弟季龍立。傾心事澄。每乘輿升殿。唱大和上。至晉兵入淮。季龍怒曰。吾奉佛反致寇。佛無神矣。澄曰。王前身為商。經罽賓僧寺設會。有六應真。吾其一也。時聖者記曰。此檀越報盡當王晉地。今為天子。豈非奉佛而致。邊疆侵擾。有國之常。何為興怨謗乎。季龍乃悔謝。澄將去入辭曰。國家存心佛理。而布政苛猛。致國祚不延也。即安坐而逝。後有沙門自雍州還。見澄入關。季龍發冢視唯塊石焉。季龍惡之曰。石吾姓也。葬吾而去。其能久乎。未幾果亡（斌紆倫反。扁補典反。名醫盧人。罽賓西土國名。應真者阿羅漢。應得真道也。音膺。雍於用反）。 > In the fourth year of the Yongjia era, the Western Indian monk Fotudeng arrived in Luoyang. At that time, Shi Le was garrisoning troops at Gebi, and many monks were harmed. He summoned Deng to test his arts. Deng chanted mantras over a bowl of water, causing blue lotus blossoms to grow forth, whence \[Shi Le\] revered him as divine. When Shi Le was about to battle Liu Yao, he consulted Deng. Deng said, 'The sound of the stupa bells says: Xiu-zhi ti-li-gang pu-gu tu-qu-dang. Xiu-zhi means army; ti-li-gang means to set out; pu-gu is Liu Yao’s Hu official title; tu-qu-dang means to capture. These are all Jie words, meaning that the army will set out and capture Liu Yao' (Liu Yao's dynastic title was Former Zhao; he illegitimately declared himself emperor in Chang'an. Xiu-zhi ti-li-gang and the like are words of the northern vernacular Hu tongue. Jie has the phonetic spelling ju-ye fan. The northern barbarians are all of the stock of dogs and sheep, hence called Jie; Jie means a ram. Fotudeng is a Sanskrit word meaning a sage of the four fruits). Moreover, Deng smeared sesame oil and rouge on his palm to show a young boy, who saw a man riding a horse with his ribs bound by red thread. Deng said, 'This is Liu Yao.' They then marched out to battle and indeed captured Yao alive. Shi Le thereupon assumed the royal throne, naming his state Zhao. When Le's beloved son Bin died suddenly, Le sighed and said, 'I have heard of Bian Que reviving the Crown Prince of Guo,' and ordered that Deng be informed. Deng took a willow branch, enchanted water with mantras, and sprinkled it over him, whereupon he revived. After Le passed away, his younger brother Jilong succeeded him and served Deng wholeheartedly. Whenever \[Deng\] rode in a carriage into the hall, \[officials\] would herald him as 'Great Preceptor'. When Jin troops invaded the Huai region, Jilong was enraged and said, 'I have served the Buddha, yet on the contrary this has brought about bandits. The Buddha has no divine power!' Deng said, 'In your previous life, Your Majesty was a merchant who passed through a monastic temple in Kaśmīra and held a vegetarian feast. There were six arhats present, and I was one of them. At that time, an enlightened sage prophesied: "When the karmic reward of this dānapati is exhausted, he shall rule as king in the land of Jin." Now that you are the Son of Heaven, is this not attained through serving the Buddha? Border incursions and disturbances are ordinary occurrences for a state; why give rise to resentment and slander?' Jilong then repented and apologized. When Deng was about to depart \[this life\], he entered to bid farewell, saying, 'The state has harbored its mind in the principles of the Buddha, yet its governance has been harsh and fierce, bringing it about that the state's mandate will not be prolonged.' He then sat peacefully and passed away. Later, a monk returning from Yongzhou saw Deng passing through the passes. Jilong opened his grave and inspected it, finding only a block of stone. Jilong was disgusted and said, 'Stone (Shi) is my surname. To bury me and leave—how could \[my state\] endure long?' Soon after, he indeed died (Bin has the phonetic spelling yu-lun fan. Bian has the phonetic spelling bu-dian fan; he was a famous physician and a man of Lu. Kaśmīra is the name of a western country. 'Yingzhen' means arhat, one who is worthy of attaining the true path; it is pronounced ying. Yong has the phonetic spelling yu-yong fan). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 36.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.36.18) - [Next: 36.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.36.20) - [Up: 36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.36) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.36.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.36.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.36.19) · Pramāṇa